Milk-bottle holder.



W. F. BEATON.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.2, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WW3 SELLW Patented June 17, 1913.

WILLIAM F. BEA'ION, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MILK-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17,1913.

Application filed October 2, 1912. Serial No. 723,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BEATON,

a citizen of the United States, residing the city of Philadelphia, inthe county of 5 Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvanla, have invented acertain new and useful Milk-Bottle Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

Objects of the present invention are to insure the delivery of milkbottles to the customers and to prevent the theft or appropriation ofthe bottles by others; to insure the reception of the bottles by thecustomers with the contents in the same condition in which it wasdelivered and without being tampered with by unauthorized persons; andto facilitate the delivery of milk bottles and prevent confusion indelivery especially in apartment houses and other places where tenantsare being served.

To this and other ends hereinafter set forth and stated in general termsthe invention comprises a housing having an opening for the insertionand removal of a flanged milk bottle neck and provided with movable jawsfor receiving and automatically holding the neck and with means forpermitting authorized persons to release the jaws and remove the bottle.

For the sake of description one, but not the only, embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure1, is a front view showing the milk bottle holder in application to adoor as the locking means therefor and showing a milk bottle locked inthe holder. Fig. 2, is an end view partly in section showing an emptymilk bottle supported by the holder. Fig. 3, is a similar view showing afull milk bottle locked in the holder. Figs. 4, 5 and 6, are sectionalviews generally on the line 4-4, of Fig. 2, showing different positionsof the parts. Fig. 7, is a front view of a cap or rac et. ig. is an en"view the housing of the holder. Fig. 9, is a sectional view of thehousing. plan view of the under side of the housing, and Fig. 11, is asectional view on the line 11- 11, of Fig. 9.

In the drawings 1, is a housing having an opening 2, for the receptionof the flanged neck of a milk bottle and an opening 3, for a purpose tobe presently described.

4 and 5, are pivotal jaws which by turning permit of the insertion ofthe neck of a Fig. 10, is a.

milk bottle and then by turning in the opposite direction automaticallyhold the milk bottle with its top inside of and protected by thehousing.

6, are springs which, when provided insure the automatic operation ofthe aws although the latter in some cases might opcrate all right bytheir weight.

One of the jaws 5, is pivotally connected with a carriage 7, slidable inthe housing and adapted to be projected from the housing through theopening 3, as shown in Fig. 9, in order to cause the jaws to release thebottle neck and adapted to be confined within the housing in order toput the j aws into position for automatically locking the bottle neck.The loop 8, and pin 9, limit the range of movement of the carriage.Evidently a variety of means will suggest themselves to those skilled inthe art for locking the car riage in position for causing the jaws toreceive and automatically hold a bottle and for permitting the properperson to release the carriage to free the bottle. My invention istherefore not to be limited in that regard but I will describe a lockingmeans especially adapted for use in connection with doors.

10, is a bracket that can be applied to a door jamb and it constitutesan obstruction cap or cover for the opening 3, and is also adapted todetachably receive the housing. The bracket has lips 11, between which aflange 12, on the housing is inserted when the door is more or lessopen, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. When the door is closed the housing maynot be removed from the part 10, because it is held therein by the doorand by an end flange 13.

14, is a bail which can be used for holding an empty milk bottle.

The operation of the described embodiment of the invention is asfollows: The door is open and the housing applied to the 1 1 i 0 1 in ALL. n 1A,... l. h lfiflnlq. The carriage 7 is retained by the part 8, inits innermost position inthe houslng. The jaws 4- and 5, are in positionto receive and grasp the neck of a bottle. The door prevents removal ofthe housing. The empty milk bottle may be hung on the bail 14s. Themilkman removes the empty bottle and pushes the neck of the full bottleinto the housing which covers and protects its top and the jawsautomatically grasp its neck and hold it in the housing. The customeropens the door and slides the housing clear of the part 10, thuspermitting the carriage to slide into the position shown in Figs. 9 and10, in which the jaws are sufficiently far apart to permit the readyremoval of the bottle.

hilodifications may be made in details without departing from the spiritof the in vention.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A milk bottle holder comprising the combination of a housing havingan opening for the insertion and removal of a flanged bottle neck,pivotal jaws for receiving and automatically holding the bottle neck, a.slidable member to which one of said jaws is pivoted, and meansindependent of the bottle for controlling the sliding movement of Saidmember.

2. A milk bottle holder compr sing the combination of a housing havingan opening for the reception and removal of a bottle neck and having asecond opening, pivotal bottle neck grasping jaws, a movable member towhich one of said jaws is pivoted and which is projectable through thesecond opening, and a cap for engagement and disengagement in respect tothe housing to 0bstruct and uncover the second opening and thereby lockand unlock the bottle.

3. A milk bottle holder comprising the combination of a housing havingtwo openings, pivotal jaws of which one is slidable, a cap for coveringand uncovering one of the openings to control the sliding movement ofthe slidable jaw, and a movable member for locking and unlocking the capand housing in respect to each other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

XVILLIAM F. BEATON.

Witnesses CLIFFORD K. CAssEL, K. M. GILLIGAN.

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